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Narasimhudu
(NTR) is an orphan whose parents sacrificed their lives
for the welfare of the village. He is raised by the
whole village and is like a family member to all the
villagers. He serves the entire village without seeking
anything in return. In one incident, kins (Rahul Dev
& GV Sudhakar) of two political bigwigs JD (Punit
Issar) and Pothuraju (Kalabhavan Mani) sexually molest
a minor girl and kill her. The rest of the story is
all about how he seeks revenge.

Artists Performance

NTR:
NTR is good in this film. The change we notice in NTR
performance compared to his earlier films is the subtleness
in histrionics during sentimental scenes. He is terrific
in the dances of 1st song. He has just a single dialogue
in the entire first half; hence it is very difficult
for any actor to emote with eyes, facial expressions
and body language. He has a two-minute dialogue in the
second half, which he has delivers with terrific ferocity.

Heroines:
Amisha Patel is restricted to the second half of the
film. She dons the character of a village belle and
does good justice to it. Sameera Reddy is gorgeous with
her dusky looks and glamorous outfits in songs. Her
character is that of a malayala kutti wearing the traditional
Kerala dress. She is restricted to the first half. Arti
Agarwal does an item train song.

Others:
Asish Vidyardhi is impressive
in the role of a positive cop. Kala
Bhavan Mani is the main villain of the film.
He is remarkable in the scene where he imitates the
video camera. Punit Issar
and GV Sudhakar are adequate.
Rahul Dev is under utilized.
Mano Rama and Chalapati
Rao are good. The comedy done by Brahmanandam
is in bad taste. Jaya Chitra gets
a couple of good dialogues to mouth at important times.

Technical Departments:

Story:
Story by Ravi Shankar is taken from Ravi's Kannada film
'Durgi' that had Malasri playing the lead role. Durgi
appealed to the people as it had Malasri in the lead
role and surprised and shocked the viewers with a woman
seeking revenge in a gory style. But the same kind of
shock feel would certainly be missing if a hero and
that too a huge star commits it.

Screenplay
- Direction: B Gopal who is known as the successful
maker of mass masalas has chosen a hackneyed storyline
and seen-before kind of shots to narrate the film. He
starts off the film in an interesting fashion but loses
his grip immediately after 15 minutes. Screenplay of
the film is loose. Direction is old-fashioned. He should
have avoided the scene where the villain chops off the
head of a Brahmin kid who is performing rituals at the
bank of a river. There is no explanation given as to
why hero uses broken trishul (trident) to take revenge
(as there is no connection of broken trishul with the
flashback).

Other
departments: Music by Mani Sharma is adequate. Two
songs (Chumma Chumma and Rajahmundrike) are impressive
on the screen. Dialogues by Paruchuri brothers are adequate.
There are good ones like 'Gandhi kalamlo rajakeeyanayakulu
Satyagraham chesaru. Ippudu Hatyagraham chestunnaru'.
Cinematography by Ravindra Babu is ok. Artwork for sets
is good. Fights by Vijay are sufficient. Production
values by Satyanarayanamma banner are good.

Analysis:
Movie starts off in an interesting style with a good
introduction of the hero. But this graph slides down
as the movie progress. First half of the film is mediocre.
Interval card is flashed with 'story has just begun'.
The second half is unimpressive. Performance by NTR
is the plus point of the film. The producer seems to
have concentrated more on getting an impressive star
cast than getting the right script. NTR disappoints
with wrong choice of subject for 'Narsimhudu'. This
film has opened with great collections.